Alder Creek Trail is a 6.1-mile out-and-back near Donner Pines Tract, CA. It climbs 584 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,286 – 6,539 ft6.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Alder Creek Trail 39.36088, -120.24723
Nearest town Donner Pines Tract, CA
Directions
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Alder Creek Trail
6.1 mi · ▲ 584 ft · 2 hr 20 min
Elevation 6,287–6,540 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Alder Creek Trail · 39.36088, -120.24723
Weather Sep 21: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:01 PM
- Start on Alder Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Private access path, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Alder Creek Trail, heading N.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
- 350 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading N.
- 400 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Private access path, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Alder Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
82% dirt7% paved11% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:01 PM
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